M4.5 earthquake 221 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 221 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Mon, Jan 11, 1982, 11:22 PM GMT+9 (14:22 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-11 14:22:57 UTC
- Depth
- 48.6 km (30.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.382° S, 130.895° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Banda Sea · 16317 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5243 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16311 days ago · 173 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3195 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16293 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5261 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16284 days ago · 129 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6275 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16282 days ago · 131 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001hzp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.